Jess Green launches the new series of gigs with her show Burning Books on Tuesday 13th October at 8pm.

Brilliant – I loved it – Josie Long

Janine, a tired-out sixty-something fights for her pension on a picket line while Kev, the newly qualified graduate, angrily defends his right to support Movember. Meanwhile, Sandra the librarian surreptitiously removes ‘unsuitable’ books and takes them to the tip, secretly watched by her assistant.

At a time when public sector budgets are stretched to breaking point and teachers feel the finger of blame firmly on their heads, Jess Green tells the stories of these everyday underdogs with passionate and lyrical spoken word poetry – underscored by a rousing musical soundtrack from her band, The Mischief Thieves, on acoustic guitar and cajon.

Burning Books is a powerful, humorous and highly topical social commentary on the state of education and the teachers and students who survive within it.